Oral history interview with Robert Beam, November 29, 1995
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Robert “Bob” Beam, Vice President for Business and Finance, conducted and recorded by Tom Coyne on November 29, 1995. Beam graduated with a business degree from Western Michigan University in 1965. He began working at WMU full-time as a senior. Bob discusses his career at WMU while working under multiple presidents, various aspects of the university’s financial history, building projects, and the changes technology has created to the administration of the university. He retired from WMU in 2007.
Dates
- Creation: November 29, 1995
Creator
- Beam, Robert M. (Interviewee, Person)
- Coyne, Thomas E., 1933- (Interviewer, Person)
Extent
From the Series: 5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Notes
No transcript available.
Subject
- Miller, James W., 1913-1993 (Person)
- Haenicke, Diether H. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu